Information Technology

More About Quotas

In order to allocate disk space on zoo.uvm.edu fairly, taking into account needs as
well as available resources, CIT has developed a quota policy for the Zoo
cluster. Our expectation is that most people can stay within 2 gigabytes (GB).
If you are near or over 2GB you should work to reduce space used. The system
can usually tolerate modest, short term usage beyond 2GB, but long term,
excessive overages will result in the system application of a "hard" quota. What
is excessive will depend on how many people go over the quota. Obviously, if your
usage is below the default quota, there will be no need for enforcement! If your
account is already under a system-enforced quota, you simply need to live within
that assigned quota.